Push To Talk Now Available For Verizon BlackBerry Smartphones

Verizon has released a Push-To-Talk application for BlackBerry smartphones. The App is free to download from the Verizon App Center however, you must call Verizon customer service to activate Push to Talk on your plan and there is a $5.00 per month charge for the service. Verizon’s BlackBerry PTT app allows unlimited nation-wide calls to other PTT devices.

With Verizon Push to Talk you can

Make group calls with up to 50 participants.

Use Presence to see who’s available for Push to Talk calls.

Manage Push to Talk contacts for your entire company online.

Access email and the Web while you’re on Push to Talk calls.

For $5 a month, it’s a good deal if you have a lot of family/friends/co-workers that have a PTT capable device. Let us know in the comments if you plan to use this app.